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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-grants-construction-and-regeneration-act-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/53",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-grants-construction-and-regeneration-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
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  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 17 of the 1931 Act (defence for certain bodies corporate, firms and partnerships) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (a), for “superintendent who is a registered person and\" substitute “ registered person ”.\n(3) In paragraph (b), for the words from “and\" to “who is\" substitute “ it is carried on by or under the supervision of ”.\n(4) For the sidenote substitute “ Defence for business under control and management o f registered person ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/schedule/2/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:44.925414+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}